"This is what EPA grants are all about," said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, "empowering states to protect the environment by giving them the flexibility to determine how best to solve their unique environmental challenges. Simply put, it's how EPA ought to do
business and demonstrates the value of state and federal partnerships."

Funding from this PPG will support IDNR programs that prevent, reduce, and eliminate air and water pollution to protect the citizens of the Hawkeye State and their environment.

For many years, states wanted greater flexibility in how they use and manage the grant funds they receive from EPA. In 1996, Congress responded by authorizing EPA to award PPGs that allow states, certain interstate agencies, and tribes to choose a
combination of two or more environmental program grants in a single PPG.